Accomplishments and rewards

The school year and soccer season ended this week with some excellent results. Our children performed to the level of their capabilities.


Tim and his teacher.

Maggie and Tim received a total of one "3" out of about 50 to 60 graded abilities and the rest "4"s.


Maggie on her farewell walk as she is leaving Pony Express for the district's A.L.L. program.

As rewards they each chose an activity and were able to pick out another fish for the tropical tank.

Maggie chose to go to the dinosaur museum and a picnic, and Tim chose to go shopping with Dad (which, strangely, resulted in a new bike).

For fish, Maggie and Tim each chose a tropical glo-fish. I added a few more fish to the tank as it is ready for us to fill it up. Here are the additions:

Mario - A star-fire red glo-fish.
Luigi - An electric green glo-fish
Cinder(rella) - an Ottocynclid (sucker-fish for cleaning)
Bond - A male fancy blue-yellow tuxedo guppy.
Vesper - A female green-tailed guppy.
Recon - A ghost shrimp
Buster - A ghost shrimp

Unfortunately Katniss is looking ill and should be dead. Probably would be if Maggie weren't praying so hard for her incessantly.

Maggie's soccer season ended in a well fought victory. Tim's season ended with him putting the ball in the upper corner of the goal on a youth that stopped everything else in the game.


Tim colliding with his best friend Jaxon, Tim's in white, you'll notice he won that round because of where the ball is. The best part of this was the death-by-crusty look each of them gave one another as they both arose from the ground. The whole sideline laughed at that. (The other team was short-handed at the beginning of the game so Tim had joined their ranks as a spy for a few minutes).


Tim doing his thing.


Tim receiving his medal.


Maggie looking athletic.


Maggie receiving her medal.

Team pizza party and awards followed. One of my teams (the first ever to do this in about 14 seasons) got me a very kind coach's present of a signed plaque and ice cream. That was a very pleasant surprise. Melissa particularly enjoyed the fact that ice cream was part of the equation.